Workday HCM Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Workday HCM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 125 159
Rank change year-on-year +18 +34 +25
Contract jobs citing Workday HCM 13 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.73% 0.049% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 7.14% 0.66% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £529 - -
25th Percentile £606 £563 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +27.78% -15.89%
75th Percentile £725 £588 £500
90th Percentile £736 - £515
Central London median daily rate £700 £575 £450
% change year-on-year +21.74% +27.78% -15.89%

All Business Application Skills
City of London

Workday HCM falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 182 152 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.25% 7.40% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 92 110
10th Percentile £281 £425 £353
25th Percentile £394 £512 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £663
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -9.43% +13.25%
75th Percentile £694 £688 £750
90th Percentile £825 £786 £800
Central London median daily rate £500 £600 £675
% change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% +17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £22.65 £12.33 -
25th Percentile £37.13 £13.94 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £17.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +252.11% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £21.44 -
90th Percentile - £22.98 -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £24.40 -
% change year-on-year +156.20% - -

Workday HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Workday HCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Workday HCM in the City of London

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Workday HCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Workday HCM

Workday HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Workday HCM in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Workday HCM in the City of London

Workday HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (7.69%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.69%) SAP FI
2 1 (7.69%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (23.08%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
1 3 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Lead
2 2 (15.38%) Programme Director
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Workday Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) HR Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) PMO Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
1 3 (23.08%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (23.08%) RESTful
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) CMDB
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (30.77%) Project Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) ArchiMate
3 3 (23.08%) Architecture Roadmap
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
3 3 (23.08%) CRM
3 3 (23.08%) IT Governance
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) ITSM
3 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
3 3 (23.08%) SDLC
3 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Service Management
3 3 (23.08%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (23.08%) TOGAF
4 2 (15.38%) Data Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) COBIT
1 3 (23.08%) GDPR
1 3 (23.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (15.38%) PMO
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Workday
2 3 (23.08%) Databricks
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 3 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 2 (15.38%) Adaptive Insights
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (7.69%) SAP